Sanding device for automobiles.



L. W. SAMUELS. SANDING DEVICBFOR AUTOMOBILES.

' APPL IOATION FILED JULY 26,1912.

Patented Nov. 19, 1912.

WITNESSES hicles in Which a hollow mud-guard is of the sanding; clev -e' ancl o To all whom ii: may concern:

Be it known that L Lessee W. citizen the teal of the city oi' Eev: Yoi'li, berm. hatton, in the county and York, ha ve invented a new and imp; )ve Sending Device for Automobiles, of km ch the following is o full, clear, and, c; script-ion.

.My' invention is an improvement in semi ing devices for automobiles and similar Y lizecl as a sand receptacle and. provioecl xvii-h means for conlrollmg the discharge 5 4 upon the ieripher'y of the Wheels for the purpose oi preventing skidding of the ve hlcle.

The details of construction, arrangement, and operation are as hereinafter described, and illustrated in lihe accompanying {i113 xv ing, in which- Figure 1 is 2i side elevation of an autoiiiobile provided with the improved somling device; F g. 2 is a sectional sicle ele iiiion is elevation of a modified form of the mprovement shown oppliec $0 an ouioi 7 An automobile s niior power vehicle A is provided v iii a mod e extending over each of and a portion of the forwardly the Wheels Q,

a n 5% down-- wordly-extending partof the mud guard I is made hollow to provide 1:. send be; having a filling opening 3) 21'2- i oe l filling the sand box with seed or other similai gritty material. The lower end of the hollow part B of the B is notes in downwardly and reerwaro curved spout B 'Lerminatin in close proxiiinity to the i side of ie wheel and the-said goal 13 is edagieii 7 rinsed and opened by a suiiehle i i the control of person in ihe e; tomohi similar v, icle A. When F open. the o. similar subste e in the sand ho iiows (low?! i spout B onto the peripheysi foo e is sanded to pro entthe Wheel ii'om or skidding on Wetor siippery road It is understood that the )erioherai fil iel No. 711,748.

spring i i minimally i we valve Ir.- a, closed position, e lever valve 3?) is connected with ropes 0 cables Gr "eeriniiiating handled H mounted to suitable guirlewoy I, 1 arranged the vehicle body in close proximity to the rear and front seats therxeiii, so that a person swing inio o mi position for ihe disc ge of the Sahel?!) through the spout the Wheel C. be ro When the person releases o H or the sprin inio closed cxfieiiils 0m helcl on the vehicle guide the ro e O1 cab it is unclersi'ootl I clei'ice is arranged on side the iiicie.

'ulls he vol he mud guard 'ieirmin similar to the spout E and a closed and opened valve l oi? he valve E, and octiiotecl in e like inoooev.

Having thus described my invei tio i, I claim es new'micl desire to secure h; E etent:

one? as i'leseriioeo.

2., In e vehicle, the comb? with a WilGQl, of a mud gum-(i over the seifi wheei and hoving its uppei' portionii 'nede hollow C1056 preximiity "t0 the upper portion 0% as 1'50 direct a simam of sand gymnntrolied valve:

wh zei rim "1 thereon, cmltroih In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 4

LESTER 'W. SAMUELS.

Witnesses Tum. G. Hos'mn, JOHN P :DAVIS. 

